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2023 Speakers

Mansoor Abulhoul
Ailsa Anderson
Maryam Aslany
Jonathan Bate
Mary Beard
Emily Benn
Octavius Black
Joanne Cash
Camilla Cavendish
Daniel Chandler
Ed Conway
Con Coughlin
Tom Crewe
Oriole Cullen
Yonca Dervisoglu
Merve Emre
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Daniel Finkelstein
Peter Frankopan
Will Gompertz
Robert Hardman
Tom Holland
Tristram Hunt
Naomi Ishiguro
Martin Ivens
Marlon James
Martha Kearney
Olesya Khromeychuk
Nick Laird
David Lammy
Natalie Livingstone
Emily Maitlis
James Marriott
Jonathan Maxwell
James McAuley
Anne McElvoy
Iona McLaren
Munira Mirza
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Pauline Neville-Jones
Maggie O’Farrell
Catherine Ostler
Tomiwa Owulade
Yana Peel
Luke Pepera
David Petraeus
Justine Picardie
Marc Quinn
Albert Read
Jane Ridley
Andrew Roberts
Hannah Rothschild
Katherine Rundell
Philippe Sands
Sir Simon Schama
Zadie Smith
Emma Soames
Flora Soames
Andrei Soldatov
Alice Thomson
Jake Wallis Simons
Emma Walmsley
Calder Walton
Einat Wilf
Alex Younger
Mikhail Zygar

SATURDAY

Zadie Smith

Tom Holland

Mary Beard

Maggie O’Farrell

Katherine Rundell

Emily Maitlis

Daniel Finkelstein

Tristram Hunt

Emma Walmsley

Philippe Sands

Jonathan Freedland

Merve Emre

Olesya Khromeychuk

Nick Laird

David Lammy

Yana Peel

Marc Quinn

Naomi Ishiguro

Jonathan Bate

Martha Kearney

Camilla Cavendish

Daniel Chandler

Justine Picardie

Yonca Dervisoglu

Will Gompertz

Alice Thomson

Octavius Black

Martin Ivens

Joanne Cash

Albert Read

Emily Benn

James McAuley

Oriole Cullen

Luke Pepera

Simon Sebag Montefiore

SUNDAY

Peter Frankopan

Marlon James

Simon Schama

General David Petraeus

Alex Younger

Fatima Farheen Mirza

James Marriott

Merve Emre

William Shawcross

Calder Walton

Pauline Neville-Jones

Mikhail Zygar

Munira Mirza

Mansoor Abulhoul

Jane Ridley

Hannah Rothschild

Maryam Aslany

Tomiwa Owolade

Tom Crewe

Robert Hardman

Iona McLaren

Anne McElvoy

Einat Wilf

Emma Soames

Flora Soames

Andrei Soldatov

Jonathan Maxwell

Ed Conway

Con Coughlin

Jake Wallis Simons

Natalie Livingstone

Catherine Ostler

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Andrew Roberts

Please note, on occasion, the programme and speaker list may be subject to change.